With this blog I have begun a journey to improve my photography skills. My goal is to take photos everyday, and post my favorite photo from that day on this blog. So far, I have learned a lot, and try to share my experiences. Many of you have made comments on the blog, via email, or when you see me in person. I really appreciate all of them. I learn a lot from each of you.
I hope that you will join me in my journey, and help me along the way. I have so much to learn.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Week 9 - Day 61, June 30, 2009 "Moon Shot"

I was just heading out the door to drive to a spot that I want to photograph. It was late, and I wasn't sure that the lighting would be good. As I walked to the car I looked up, and saw the moon. I love taking moon shots. I couldn't resist. I put the car keys away. I then began to move around the yard to look for a place that would frame the photo since it was so high in the sky. These branches seemed to work well.

Lessons Learned:

I haven't learned this lesson yet, but I hope to. Don't worry about getting out to take a lot of photos. There are many opportunities all around. I just have to relax and look around when I have the opportunity.

Picasa takes my RAW images and automatically adjusts the contrast levels. When the program did this with these photos the moon was always way to bright, and it was impossible to see the craters. When I pulled up the Canon Digital Photo Professional the images looked fine. I cropped, and saved the image as a jpeg, and then the images displayed correctly in Picasa.